Scutcher

“Scutching-machine or Scutcher for Flax. a, feed-table on which the flax is fed to the fluted rollers b, b’, which seize it and present it to the scutches or beaters c, fastened by supports d to the rotating drum e. The latter revolves in a case f, with a grating at the bottom. The feed-rolls are driven by gearing i.” -Whitney, 1911

Keywords

wheel, agriculture, flax, gears, grating, Scutcher, rotating, scutching machine, feed-table, feed-rolls, scuthes, beaters

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Agricultural Machines

Source

William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)

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